US Supreme Court to hear NRA free speech case against New York official
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At issue was whether Vullo wielded her regulatory power to coerce New York financial institutions into cutting ties with the NRA in violation of its free speech rights under the First Amendment. The NRA's lawsuit said the state's"blacklisting" campaign would deprive it of basic financial services and threatened its advocacy work. The NRA originally also named Vullo's department and then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as defendants but the case was subsequently narrowed.
Vullo said in court papers that her statements encouraging financial institutions to examine their ties to pro-gun organizations in the wake of the Parkland shooting had not"crossed the line between permissible persuasion and unconstitutional coercion."
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